Designed in 1960 by Dave West for Photo-Lettering, Inc. Shown in
1971 in various styles incl. West Behemoth (Clarendon)
with accompanying Italic
and
Italic Swash styles, Semicondensed and Condensed, Shaded
(outlined letter with solid shadow),
Comstock (solid letter and shadow with white contour), and a
decorated
Starred variant [PLINC One Liner 1971].
A condensed style (PL
Behemoth) was released in the 1990s and is sold by
Monotype as of 2020. The new incarnation of PLINC issued their
Martin Wenzel-digitized West Behemoth,
in regular and italic, around 15 years later. See also
Champ Ultra (BA
Graphics, 1995) and Rio
Grande NF (Nick’s More…
Designed in 1960 by Dave West for Photo-Lettering, Inc. Shown in 1971 in various styles incl. West Behemoth (Clarendon) with accompanying Italic and Italic Swash styles, Semicondensed and Condensed, Shaded (outlined letter with solid shadow), Comstock (solid letter and shadow with white contour), and a decorated Starred variant [PLINC One Liner 1971].
A condensed style (PL Behemoth) was released in the 1990s and is sold by Monotype as of 2020. The new incarnation of PLINC issued their Martin Wenzel-digitized West Behemoth, in regular and italic, around 15 years later. See also Champ Ultra (BA Graphics, 1995) and Rio Grande NF (Nick’s Fonts, 2001).
As of December 2020, West Behemoth and West Behemoth Italic are available from House Industries as Plinc Behemoth.
